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RFK Jr. Keeps Telling A Flat-Out Lie About Childhood Vaccines – And Doctors Are Sick Of It

The health and human services secretary has repeatedly claimed children need dozens more vaccines than they actually do.

by HuffPost | June 18, 2025
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In the Fox News clip, Kennedy said it’s mandatory in many states for children to get between 69 and 92 vaccines before they turn 18. This is flat-out wrong. “I’m a part of a group that did one analysis, and we saw 54 to 58 range for most children, depending on which combination vaccines they get, and that’s if you get all of them,” said David Higgins, a pediatrician and preventive medicine specialist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.